Proper ICD-9 coding for burn patients can require several codes.Dermatology coders who cannot choose the proper diagnosis codes for each burn treatment patient could end up costing their practices time and money.How? Let's say your dermatologist provides local burn treatment [...]
Question: An established patient reports to our physician with firstand second-degree burns to his abdominal wall from a steam burn. During an E/M service, the physician uses gauze and topical ointment to treat the patient's burn. Notes indicate that the [...]
Question: An established patient reports to our physician with firstand second-degree burns to his abdominal wall from a steam burn. During an E/M service, the physician uses gauze and topical ointment to treat the patient's burn. Notes indicate that the [...]
Question: A patient reports to the ED with first- and second-degree burns to his abdominal wall from a steam burn. During an ED E/M service, the nonphysician practitioner (NPP) uses gauze and topical ointment to treat the patient's burn. Notes [...]
Proper ICD-9 coding for burn patients can require several codes.ED coders who cannot choose the proper diagnosis codes for each burn treatment patient could end up costing their practices time and money.How? Let's say your ED physician provides local burn [...]
Question: Our patient was admitted for observation and teaching after surgery for colon cancer. She has a surgical wound with dressing changes and a new colostomy. She is being treated with radiation and has a second degree radiation burn on [...]
Start at 940.x and work your way up on burn ICD-9s. When your FP performs burn treatment for a patient, you need to be ready to select code(s) from the 940.x-949.x ICD-9 group. Knowing which, and how many, of these [...]
Question: My ob-gyn treated a patient with "erythema of the vulva." How should I report this? Should I use 942.05? Massachusetts Subscriber Answer: No, you should not use 942.05 (Burn of trunk; unspecified degree; genitalia) because this is a burn [...]
Reforms will revamp payments, accountability, and data collection Hospice providers may soon have a whole new payment structure -- and it could mean a big drop in reimbursement. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission'sextensive review of Medicare's hospice benefit has found [...]
Reforms would revamp payments, accountability, and data collection. Hospice providers may soon have a whole new payment structure -- and it could mean a big drop in reimbursement. Medicare's hospice program offers few effective controls to prevent long lengths of stay [...]
